Jasmine Crockett jokes about Marjorie Taylor Greene alliteration in DNC speech
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joked that “alliteration is back in style” during her speech at the Democratic National Convention – in a reference to her viral spat with Marjorie Taylor Greene where she coined the now-notorious phrase “bleach blonde bad-built butch body.”
Speaking on the opening night of the DNC in Chicago, the Democrat laid into Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and debuted a new alliterative tongue-twister.
“Will a vindictive vile villain violate voters’ vision for a better America or not? I hear alliteration is back in style,” she said.
“We deserve better. We deserve a president who can be a bright light in a sea of darkness. One who can pull us forwards, because we won’t go back.”
Crockett, 43, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, went viral back in May when she got into a war of words with MAGA lawmaker Taylor Greene on the House floor.
The spat began when the Republican mocked the Democrat’s “fake eyelashes.”
In response, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked for Taylor Greene’s words to be stricken from the record, saying they violated a rule about making personal attacks in the congressional chamber.
Crockett then asked Republican Chairman James Comer, in a barb at Taylor Greene: “If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blonde, bad-built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?”
The phrase instantly went viral on social media and Crockett even launched a line of merch featuring the slogan.
The Republican responded by posting a video on X of her working out, writing: “Yes my body is built and strong NOT with nips, tucks, plastic, or silicone, but through a healthy lifestyle.”
Crockett later told The